Deja Vous Fall

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Vintage Fall and Naturals 

on the Front Porch

Good Morning, it's finally FALL!

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Slowly, I have been starting to do Fall as temperatures have finally tempered here in Chicagoland. Yesterday was spent in the garden, pulling up done plants, 

and trying to find our pumpkins and squashes. 

We had some great growth, but not lots of produce. 

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 I found this NEW great greenhouse garden frame for $4.00 at a craft store discount aisle,  I showed it in an early post here: Somethings Old….

 I thought this would be great for a REDO vignette for Fall, with the rich rust coloring on the metal.

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I wanted to use different things on our porch this time, 

I thought this would be a great addition for cool Fall nights, an OLD kerosene lantern.

Here is a closeup of my Grandfather's watchman's lantern cleaned up from an early post:

Junkin' in the Garage

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I confess the garden-shed frame was tucked away behind the settee on the porch all summer. The porch has  new railings and stairs---with NEW 'out of stock' materials since May---holding up the whole show for almost six months--that's a YELP story for another day.

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Still not 100% done, the porch is ready to style a bit and use now.

 We bought the larger pumpkin at the local grocery store, as ours were too small. 

The gourds are from years past; dried and left natural grown in our own, GREEN, garden. 

 Every time I walk by, I fiddle with the gourds, and occasionally I find a walnut stored in there by one of our local squirrels.

Do they really think the corner of the stairs and my Fall vignette is a hiding place?

 I did spray the gourds with some Johnson's Wax-Pledge when they were fully dry to enhance the color and seal in the dustiness of the gourds.

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Here's our Zinnia's--oops we found out they were Sunflowers in July. I picked one of the dried blossoms and used it for the 'GREEN' element in the front.

Another sprig of smaller sunflowers was put in the back. 

Adding a few pinecones and that is pretty much it. 

I'm sure this will change when my Fall bins are delivered by hubby, from upstairs in the garage.

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The craft wood Scarecrow was from a painting project I taught at Michael's back in the 1990's. I taught free-hand painting without patterns---back then, which was out of the norm. 

Somewhere I have a photo  of 14 of these all painted differently by the students.

This scarecrow is a favorite of the Grand Girl as the arms move up and down. He has long since lost his "Pumpkins for Sale" wired sign. My gosh, he is OLD and vintage now.

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A straw hay bale waits over in the corner with the houseplants, for a pumpkin or two or three--

they are really small!

The pensive angel tile was a NEW rescue from 'HomeGoods' two seasons back.

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The one plant that was very happy outside this summer was my Rosemary--I'm wondering where on earth I am going to keep it in the house this winter. It smells so good.

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Here's a  view of the entire seating area--with a lightweight throw REDO

 for those cool nights-perfect color for the porch from GoodWill-$2. 

I added smaller mums in the summer planter box.

 Grampa's OLD lantern and a stoneware candle pot from my potter days, probably from the 1980s, finish off the table top. A REDO antique crate serves as a table between the chairs. 

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So Finally---beginning Happy FALL, 

from my OLD front porch to yours.

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Finally a Chicagoland Spring

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 After crazy temps...82 to 26 in one day this last week, rain, snow, wind...such is Spring in Chicagoland. For a few minutes today, the sun was shining...I ran outside and quick took some photos, and then ran back in and closed the windows because of pending rain showers.

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Daffy's that were frosted dead from low 20's temps.

Such a roller coaster. We've never moved into the greenhouse this year, and many plants have not started, I guess it will be a seed garden this year, eventually. We have also been drowned and then dry...crazy!

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Early periwinkle that froze---luckily the thick growth behind protected the plants.

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It's not just frost...we have munchers...a few bunnies. I do have baskets around my Rubrum Lilies, though. We try and not use anything harmful in the garden---and hopefully these late tulips will still bloom.

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I left the Giant Red Sedum plants for winter interest---I haven't finished clearing the beds, You can also see where the ornamental grass has been chewed on, but will keep coming. I constantly have to thin this or it becomes invasive.

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Why Sedums for the upper Midwest?

They are super hardy and drought tolerant---easy to grow in any soil, sun, or shade. They add structure to floral areas, the BEES LOVE THEM, and they are the last thing with color in Fall. 

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This is westside new area we planted near where the neighbors' walnut tree was cut down. Walnut shells kill just about everything. We also lost a wonderful Cinnamon Maple because of the Walnut, not to mention the mess. 

The small bushes are old growth Forsythia we trimmed way back, added two new Cedar, one columnar and one global. Some transplanted striped grass, and I added a bunch of bulbs last Fall, we will see what makes it. I have the Liatris started in the kitchen which will be perfect here for interest.

We have Creeping sedum started on the edges, I will transplant more this year. The dense roots are good soil retention along the beams.

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In front of the house, the old growth Forsythia dies and basically moved. Now it's crowding these fab old Tulips. You can see the nibbles on the leaves. Love the centers and yellow edges.

Mostly I have Iris in this front flower bed and late tulips which are barely up.

“After women, flowers are the most divine creations.” – Christian Dior

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The westside is pretty sad at the moment. This gets lots of shade, has crappy soil (clay based) and is dotted with this and that. I use focal pots over on this side. We plant bulbs, which last a few years if the squirrels don't get them.

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I always plant in groups of threes. Here it looks like two are still alive.

Pretty soft color on this tulip. I hope the others make it!

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The Mound at the front of our lot looks the best, right now. We have planted new bushes in the last two years, so this area gets watered regularly. Here you can see the perennials doing well, despite the crazy weather.

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YEARS AND YEARS AGO ( 20 or more) We planted Periwinkle here because of the shade from the Spruce trees and the crappy soil. Well, who knew I have been moving it around the last couple of years, so with the regular watering and more sun as we lose the trees, it's doing very well. It's hardy--almost evergreen-- in non-snow months, and is the only thing choking the mint I have been pulling for 39 years!!!

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Speaking of Mint, this is just outside the mound bed---so invasive and nothing kills it. We have already applied weed treatment on the lawn. We are in a lake community and we only use the recommended treatments as all run off ends up in the lake.

I wonder if CEMENT would work...LOL.

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The centerpiece of the mound bed is the birdbath. But, these red ladies are stealing the show!

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Our crocus and snowdrops were under snow and barely made an appearance...but these TULIPS are gorgeous, but have to brave some wind and cool temps as well as crazy hot.

The Periwinkle doesn't seem to bother perennials, although it will hamper annuals, so I'm going to stick with pots for color here.

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We have one Peony left. Old ones were replaced with some new columnar bushes.. Vinca vines are also a ground cover, drought tolerant and hardy. I haven't cleaned out any of the flower beds, leaving the waste for the bees and helpful insects for some warm safety from the crazy temps.

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Since most of the Daffodils were frozen, I'm excited at how gorgeous and brilliant these Tulips are...and love the striped foliage.

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Even with the wind, the camera caught their faces staring right back at me.

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These pale Narcissus are the last grouping on the mound. They really multiplied in two years. Whee! I will get to split them in Fall! 

He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them or some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.    GALEN                           

I will be moving lots of plants: Iris, Daffodils, three Day Lilies, and more giant Sedum, creeping Sedums here. The east flower bed by the house will be taken over for the All-house generator to be installed as soon as the permits go through. 

Hopefully, all those plants will be happy here! 

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Midwest Gardening in October

I've already belabored the woes of our crazy Midwest weather this year, it's been crazy all over the country though. Bits of beauty survive in our yard despite no Fall color to speak of and everything

on the tail end of dead.

Here in Chicagoland, despite the heat and drought of August and September, the Zinnias were extremely vigorous. Not too many blossoms, but lots of growth. In drought I hold back on fertilizing, as plants are just trying to maintain their existing leaves and flowers. I'm sure this reduced blooming on everything.

The last two weeks Silver Maple trees have cast about leaves almost everywhere each day. We will be mulching all our garden beds, a GREEN thing to do.

These double layered Zinnias have petticoats of orange under there crimson centers. The lime green leaves in pots are the last of our hot peppers.

I leave perennials in the garden until they seed this time of year. 

Black-eyed Susans are in the background, ready to drop their seeds.

Leggy Coleus and the last of the Impatiens on one of our full rainbarrels.

Rainbarrels are a great way to help drought gardens. We have four and will probably add another next year.--another GREEN thing to do.

Our pond with dried up squash vines hanging. Cherry Tomatoes behind still trying.

Some Ruby Chard and Carnival (mixed) Chard. 

This will make some great greens for some soup. NUM!

Mislabeled HOT peppers----LOTS more than we will ever use.

Cinderella has nothing on us. 

This pumpkin perched itself on an OLD antique cultivator and grew to a 

spectacular size for a homegrown pumpkin.

I have big Scandinavian hands----so this will show how big this perfect pumpkin is.

We only had two large pumpkins and three small ones, about 20% of our usual production.

REDO: Hubby rebuilt the 'family' cultivator last year, and now it's a pumpkin perch.

Here's the last Spaghetti Squash still on the vine with overgrown green beans hanging there too. This was taken late in the afternoon, I love the shadows and leaves in this photo---un-altered photo.

The front porch is finally cool enough to sit on the furniture. 

Trees block the low sun now, instead of boiling the porch.  

My Fall arrangement is a REDO with dried gourds from last year. 

My house plants are still happy on the porch. But they will have to come in soon.

I haven't found my bin of Fall decor, yet or my sunflower pillows?

But then, without color in the trees, it just doesn't feel like Fall.

Next week is Halloween---really? 

An OLD thrift shop witch swinging in the wind, I call her Gerty and she is the 

extent of Halloween decor this year.

Maybe this weekend, we can get some things up. 

When is it going to look like Fall? Orange and Yellow, 

doesn't go well with Christmas Decorations, lol.

How's your Fall going?

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Vintage on my Bedroom Desk

Our Christmas is put away, almost. 

I have to confess, I'm always behind, putting it up-taking it down. 

I already miss the twinkle lights.

Speaking of light---here in Chicagoland we have screaming sunshine or depressing dark gray days. 

Either light creates issues with the camera. After I pulled my battery twinkles off my ivy topiary--which has really filled out from when I did the DIY post in 2015, 

I played with redressing the desk in the bedroom.

I started with a cloth over the dark wood top, underlined with blue vinyl since I have the topiary here now. The tablecloth is vintage Quaker lace, which has mellowed to a nice pale ecru or warm white. 

It very thick small tablecloth was my grandmother's circa the 1930's. 

" In 1889, the three sons of a successful English carpet weaver named John Bromley started a textile business called Bromley manufacturing. The three brothers imported lace looms from Nottingham, England to pursue their vision of producing machine made lace textiles. In 1894, the company was renamed Lehigh Manufacturing, after the street name in Philadelphia where the factory was located. A second factory was opened, a short time later, just a little further up the same street. In 1911, the business was renamed Quaker Lace Company." 

Source For more Quaker Lace info check this site out.

My oversize turtle dove (we have three pair at our feeders) 

was packed away with the Christmas lights.

I have no idea how many pieces of lace I have---quite a bit, and that's on the docket for 2017, to organize and cull all my collections from my stashes.

 This sweet runner became a pot cover--or corset for the holidays.

I  ran some gold ribbon through the edges and 'dressed' the pot. 

Since I am using items with gold/brass accents I left the 'corset' on for January.

I think this is better than an ugly old gray pot.

I did the photos in two shoots, one with too much sun, and one with not enough.

My sweet bust, found her way to the center of the table.

 I realize in this pic, how much she looks like Princess Di with her down cast eyes. 

My mom's art nouveau cast iron mirror I use for displaying jewelry for my shop. 

Here it displays a vintage 12k gold chain I found at a show in a $3.00 bin. 

I perched some kid gloves with fabulous stitching on the mirror, 

but then it hides the maid on the base.

The dresser set is my main focal point, and was my mother's. A gift from my father in 1939. He complained that he unloaded two train cars of cabbages before school to earn the money to buy it. 

The were high school sweethearts, and my mom treasured this, even when it was no longer in style.

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Mom must have thought about Dad every night for the 5 years he was in the service during WWII. Back in those days you brushed your hair one-hundred strokes a night while worrying about his safety.

The tray/mirror is beginning to do that vintage crackle craze thing---I just love the blue and the little handprinted roses on the enamel. A string that held the tag for Christmas, is still attached, the tag has simply shattered. I tossed some vintage pearls and earrings on the tray, 

and the gloves moved here also.

The pearls were on the mirror for a day or so, before. The cut glass jar with the brass top was my 

mom's. I'm not sure if it is a family piece or something she collected. 

I vaguely remember this having a bit of silver on it at one time, but now it is beautiful burnished brass with wonderful Victorian cherubs and flourishes in the raised relief.

The glass is thick, smooth cut and pressed with a great leaf pattern. I just love the feel of old glass.

I'm sure this piece is from the 1880-90s.

This little strange piece, is three mismatches, an Avon plastic soap dish, a milk glass dish with brass feet, and a pressed glass dome, none of which belong together. 

I picked this up at a thrift store, just because it was funky.

 I placed some pearl earrings and a beautiful shell inside.

I have a Japan Moriage shaker or I use them for stick pins, when I have them out.

To be honest, I have no idea where they are. And I do have a bunch.

As dusk falls, I turn on the lamp--and it casts a new light on everything.

My mom's lamp is ceramic with crazing from the late 1960-early 70's. I've never seen another like it, 

I'm glad it finally found a place in our home. 

The desk is still a work in progress, and will shift and change much like our Chicago weather.

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